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Originally Posted by John Mercier
They are talking of a time before 1980.
Ronald Reagan was famous for stating ''Let's make America great again"... you have probably heard this slogan rephrased in recent years.
Reagan was speaking of the Eisenhower Years.
They used two wheeled drive station wagons that sat lower.
We didn't really start to see the SUV four wheel drive craze until the Yuppie movement to the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Even most pick-up trucks of the time were two wheel drive. They got around up here when the roads were much more "rural" and winters storms seemed to be more prevalent and debilitating.
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From Kelly Blue Book January 4, 2023:
In a statement, Ford claims, “Ford F-Series will surpass 640,000 trucks in 2022, making it America’s best-selling truck for 46 consecutive years and America’s best-selling vehicle for 41 years.” Kelley Blue Book parent company Cox Automotive hasn’t released its own sales tally yet, but we have no reason to doubt that the king is alive.